<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>I have installed the following Mysql components all of which are 3.23.56-1</DIV>
<DIV>Server, Client, Shared, MAX, devel.....</DIV>
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<DIV>This was followed with Installing Snort-1.9.1-1 base as well as snort-1.9.1-1-mysql</DIV>
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<DIV>All products were instaqlled from the "RPM" and I am running Redhat 7.2........</DIV>
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<DIV>If i activate snort, it logs to the /var/log/snort/alert and logfiles, this works with no problem. However, I want this to log to database mysql.</DIV>
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<DIV>when i edit the snort.conf file and uncomment the line for logging to a database as follows: (yes i have the database created and the tables generated with install_myswl_db)</DIV>
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<DIV>output database: log, mysql, user=snort password=test, dbname=snort, host=192.168.1.1</DIV>
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<DIV>all other things are left factory........</DIV>
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<DIV>If i then run the test command</DIV>
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<DIV>snort -T</DIV>
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<DIV>it responds with, </DIV>
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<DIV>WARNING: unknown output plugin 'database'</DIV>
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<DIV>HELP! I am out of ideas on why this is not working.........</DIV>
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